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Crowded Block in Philadelphia See
of Disaster.
SCORES BURIED IN THE DEBR
-Five Buildings Wrecked and the Inmat
Subjected to the Horrors of Fire ai
Collapsing "Walls ? Sleeping Fainlll
Are Blown Into the Air ? Adjace
Buildings Destroyed.
Philadelphia, Penn.?A terrific expl
sion in a block of six buildings in L
cust street, above Tenth, complete!
wrecked five of the structures ar
caused the death of twenty or moi
persons. More than two score of otl
ers were more or less seriously li
Jured. Several of those taken to tl
hospital will die. It is estimated thi
at least thirty-five persons were in tl
Ave buildings when the explosion o
curred.
The buildings were occupied as fc
lows: Locust street. No. 1008, Hous
man's pool and billiard rooms; N
1010, Morris Rosenthal's second-han
clothing store, occupied by Rosentha
his wife and five children; No. 101:
William Jones's colored restauran
occupied by Jones and about flftee
boarders; No. 1014, George McClen
my'8 grocery store, occupied by M
Clemmy, clerk and servant girl; N
1016, Patrick Qulgley's grocery stor
occupied by Quigley, his wife, thrc
children ar.d his uncle; No. 1018, A
Vf/vMn+rtln'o n r?H TTIPf
uci i muuuiuiu o ^iuvvij
store, occupied by Mountain, h
mother, sister and a clerk.
lhe explosion occurred about 9.'
o'clock p. m. What exploded and ho
it happened Is not known at this tim
but it Is believed to have been a ba
rel of gasolene In one of the three gn
eery stores. With the exception <
No. 1008, the front walls of the buil<
Jngs were blown outward into tl
street, -while the floors and the rool
were blown upward and fell straigl
to the ground. Almost every buildlr
in a radius of two blocks about tl
scene of the explosion had windov
shattered and otherwise were dan
aged.
A terrible cry went up from tl
ruins the moment the explosion 0
curred. Women, children and mei
occupants of the wrecked house
could be seen crawling from tl
wreckage, while the agonizing cric
of others unable to save themselv<
also filled the air.
From all the surrounding building
injured persons came running and fe
5n the street unconscious. To add 1
the horror fire started In the wrec
the moment It settled to the grouni
and In less than five minutes the grej
pile was burning fiercely. A genen
alarm was turned In for fire apparati
and ambulances, and in the meantlrc
the work of rescue was begun by thos
in the neighborhood that were n<
Injured. Here and there a perso
was dragged from the ruins before ti
fire could reach the victim, seven
lives being saved by this prompt worl
When the firemen reached the seen
the flames had made great headwa
and were igniting the buildings acrof
the street. The fire, however, wa
soon under control.
The work of digging'away the rule
was then begun in earnest. Near th
edge of the wreckage several colore
men were taken out and sent to th
hospitals. While the firemen and pi
iicemen were digging and 'haulin
away heavy timbers in several se<
tlons of the wreckage cries were hear
coming from the cellar of Mountain
trooprv sfnrf* ItMftv mpn -with rrvr
and tackle. Immediately were put t
-work at that point and palled awn
the roofing and flooring which ha
fallen into a massed heap.
While the work of Tescue was goin
on in the exploded block hospital a
tendants and others made a search c
all the damaged houses on the opp<
site side of the street, and almost
score of persons were taken to varioi;
hospitals from these places.
The Jefferson and the Pennsylvani
hospitals, which are nearest to tfc
scene of the explosion, soon we 1
crowded with the injured.
The buildings containing the poo
rooms, clothing store and the restai
rant were tliree-stocy brick structure
while the others were two and on
half stories.
GOVERNOR'S DAUGHTER KILLED.
Street Car Accident In Front of Execute
Mansion at Montgomery, Ala.
Montgomery, Ala.?Miss Carrl
Jones, twenty years of age, daughtf
of Governor Thomas G. Jones, wa
run over and killed by a street ci
in front of the Executive Mnnsioi
The accident was witnessed by tl
Governor.
The daughter for a long time he
been afflicted with nervous troub
which took the form of sudden spel
of dementia or an uncontrollable d
sire to run. She required constai
attention.
She sprang out of the gate hee<
less of her father's call to stop. H(
brother followed. She ran direct]
to the car. which was coming dow
hill at full speed, and reached fc
the front end. at which she grasped I
vain. Her father, leaning helplessl
on his crutci.es. saw her strike tl
<?ar. He turned away his eyes ju:
in time to miss the sight as she W?
thrown violently down and entangle
In the wheels. She was dragge
nearly a block. She was dead whe
the motorman. who lost control <
the car for a moment brought It 1
a stop.
To Resume. Says Phillips.
George H. Phillips, of Chicago, tl
corn speculator, gave out a statemei
In which he says that the George I
Phillips Company, which temporari
suspended, will resume business; thi
through bad bookkeeping it has ove
paid its customers $200,000: th;
$200,000 is due it from accounts ca
ried, and that every claim will 1
met
End of British Manoenvres,
The British uaval manoeuvres end(
in a "victory" for the "enemy."
News of tho Toilers.
Detroit, Mich., has a union of marii
divers.
Miners in Missouri have had the
wages raised.
Servant girls in Chicago have form
0 a union with 330 members.
The summer dullness has fallen <
the building trades in Philadelphia.
Striking ice wagon drivers, of Colui
bus, Ohio, have won their fight for
ten-hour day.
United Mine Workers, with the he
of "Mother" Jones, will try to organ!
all West Virginia miners.
|Y NEGRO BURNED AT STAKE
Mob in Alabama Saturates Him
n0 With Oil and Applies ToroH
Manr Colored People Helped Whites te
Mete Ont Vengeance ? The
|? Victim Confessed.
Birmingham, Ala. ? John Wesley
ei FenuinRton, a negro, was burned at
Rd the stake near Enterprise. Ala., before
es a crowd of 500 citizens of Coffee Counni
ty. The assemblage was composed of
both white and colored people, and
though the wretch pleaded for mercy
and endeavored to break the chains
o.
that bound him, not a trace of sympa^
thy, it is said, was shown on the faces
'd of the onlookers. Pennington had
re committed a brutal assault upon Mrs.
h. J. C. Davis, the wife of a farmer, and
he had confessed his ffuilt.
a* woe /irtmmlttod trhtlp \Trs.
1UC txaiic ???o vv?Mi*4.vfcvw ? ?v ?
?e Davis was gathering vegetables in her
it garden. Fennington choked her into
le insensibility. Afterward he fled to
the woods.
c* As soon as she regained her senses
Mrs. Davis crawled to the house and
I- told her husband what had happened.
e_ A larpre posse was quickly organized,
and with bloodhounds they chased the
negro until early in the morning when
l<* he was captured in a swamp. Pennington
was bound hand and foot and
2? taken back to the Davis home for iaentification.
News of the assault of Mrs.
11 Davis had been sent by runners for
miles around Enterprise, and (very
c* farmer in the neighborhood had left
his plow to join in the search.
e? When the posse arrived with Pen!e
nington there were at least 500 per-1*
sons gathered near the Davis residence.
At a signal the men withdrew
is to the woods and quietly awaited the
result of the meeting of Pennington
W and Mrs. Davis. Mrs. Davis immew
diately recognized him and the negro
broke down and wept. He admitted
r_ having committed the assault and
o- pleaded for mercy, but was dragged
from the house and into the woods
} where he was burned to death.
Evidently expecting a confession
?s several citizens had already driven a
it stake into the ground, and as the men
if? approached "with Pennington both
ie white and colored people were piling
r'S bushwood saturated with oil around it.
a- The negro saw his doom and screamed
in terror, while the crowd stood silently
by.
c- The frightened brute was limp and
Q. had to be supported while the chains
s, were fastened around his neck and
te body. When all was ready the cry
is was given and the crowd stood back.
JS A match was then placed to the pile.
The terrified negro again pleaded
;s for mercy in the most agonizing tones,
;11 and prayed that those around bim
to might perish. He then called upon his
k Maker for forgiveness, and as the
3, flames leaped up and encircled his
it neck an unearthly shriek was heard
il and the man's eyes almost bulged out
is of the sockets. When he had been
i burned to death the crowd dispersed3
>t GUNBOAT ORDERED TO COLON,
n
[e Goes to Protect American Interests In
Colombia.
?. Washington, D. C. ? A number of
ie complications have arisen in connecy
tlon with the recent disturbances in
ss Venezuela and Colombia. The infor
is mation received indicates very strongly
the existence of plans for a conis
certed movement by the insurrectionie
ists of both Venezuela and Colombia,
d The absence of any late positive inforie
mation from the United States repre3.
sentatives in those countries has
g caused some uneasiness, and it was
c- decided to send the gunboat Machias
d without delay to Colon for :he purpose
s of protecting American interests.
!Jj KILLED HER BABY BROTHER.
7 Little Girl Pat Bullet in Brain While
d Playing With a Pistol.
? Toms River, N. J. ?Ethel Handy,
? the nine-year-old daughter of H. E.
Handy, of Tuckerton, shot and killed
her five-year-old brother Elmer. The
^ children were alone in the house and
|g found a pistol. They had seen a pigeon
shooting match a short time ago and
j were playing that the little boy was
the pigeon and the sister the gunner.
The pistol went off, and the bullet
entered his skull above the right eye,
, coming out at the back of the head.
' Coroner Johnson and Prosecutor
Brown were summoned from Toms
' River, and a verdict of accidental
shooting was returned.
BIC PAY FOR CRICKETER.
Brown, of Torkshlre, Gets 920,000, the
Gate of a Three-Day Match.
Leeds, England.?The annual cricket
[e match between Yorkshire and Lanca>r
shire, which has just been completed,
ittsieu luree uujs aim uiuauicu u
u. daily crowd of over 10,000. According
a to custom. J. Brown, the Yorkshire
professional, got the proceeds for good
service. He received $20,000, which
ig breaks the record. The normal pay of
le a professional cricketer is under $25
lg a week during the season.
e" Fusion Again In Nebraska.
1 Fusion is again an accomplished
a fact in Nebraska. The three State
~ committees of Democrats and Popur
lists met at Lincoln and agreed to call
their conventions for the same day,
September 17. Speeches were made
I advocating the closest harmony among
, the parties. The Free Silver Republl^
cans, after affirming their allegiance
st to their party principles, disbanded.
8teel Trnst's Plan of Fighting.
The Steel Trust's plan for fighting
,n the Amalgamated strikers is to open
Its mills from time to time with nont0
union labor. The Clark mill a* Pittsburg
has been started.
Shirt Coat a Failure.
The shirt coat, a new style of summer
wear for letter carriers which
ly met the approval of the Postmastera>
General, has proved a flat failure. It
^ was several weeks ago pronounced the
r. correct warm weather garb for the
je carriers. Many of the carriers tried
the new garment, but soon abandoned
it. They could not endure the ridicule
and derision of the small boy, and returned
to the old-fashioned uniform
or wore a plain gray shirt.
Minor Mention.
at' Eggs are selling in Paris, Mo., foi
tlirce cents a dozen.
!ir Brooms are to be advanced twentyfive
to fifty cents a dozen.
e<* The Kosta glass works, the largest
in Sweden, have been burned,
jn There has been a large increase in
the number of national banks.
31 Manufacturers in Austria are maka
ing efforts to prevent importation of
American canned goods.
lp Attendance at Pan-American Expoze
sition for first three months, ending
July 31. is put at 2,724,$00.
STOLE HALF A TON OF GOLD |M
Ga
fhieves Tunnel Into Smelter Vault
and Get $280,000. M1
rt/ORK OF SKILLED CRACKSMEN
]
9Id Job In the Night and Within Thirt> m<
Miles of San Francisco? Selby Smelt- foi
ing Works, Largest on Pacific Coast, foi
the Concern Victimised ? No Clni an
to the Robb?rs. thi
San Francisco, Cal.?A robbery, so }es
la]
bold in its conception and daring Id
Its execution that It has fairly para*- ^
lyzed the pol'.c.*, occurred at the Selby \
Smelting Works on Bay Shore, Val- ga
lejo, early Tuesday caorniug. Four
bars of pure gnM, each weighing frotn ^
1000 to 3000 r.arices, and about 10.000 ut
ounces of other gold, the totil value rm
being $2?u,uoo, -were tanen itodi wi?
strong room of the smelte** -while br(
workmen were busy within fifteen inl
feet of the door. bo
The laborers heard the noise made (
thi
by the thieves, but said, "It's only the jnj
ghosts In the vault," and went on on
with their work. While they labored to-<
at the furnace the gold bars were th<
taken from the vault to a boat and dr!
carried away. 1
Not a "clue is left for the detectives w?
to work upon and there Is small hope wl
that any of the stolen treasure will eri
ever be found. The robbery must va
have been planned for months, while str
the actual work required many nights scl
of labor. be
The whole affair was planned and kii
executed skillfully. It is supposed ly
that when the robbers obtained their de
loot they loaded it into a boat that i thi
was waiting and disappeared In the J je(
fog that had arisen over San Fran- tio
clsco Bay. In their' haste to get 1
away they left two gold bars worth of
nearly $50,000 lying on the bank at re<
the water's edge. lai
9 The police of all the bay cities ira- wi
mediately were Informed of the 1
crime, but all they could discover was thi
a few of the tools that the robbers hqd da
used. res
The Solby Smelting and Lead Com- mi
pany is the largest concern of ite tlo
kind on the Pacific coast. Ores are ^
sent from all over the Western coun- lai
try to be smelted and refined, and de
the gold is then turned over to the a '
mint. A steamer makes special trips I
between, the smelter and San Francis- In*
co, carrying the ores one day and no
bringing back the refined gold. On is
the morning after the theft when the wi
workmen entered the vault to prepare Mi
the gold for loading on the steamer Ita
the robbery was discovered. The cb
thieves had taken the precaution of an
fastening the door of the vault from Cil
the inside, so that it would be difficult La
t-j open it from the outside in case Ca
they were interrupted in their work.
Preparatory engineering extending ws
over several weeks probably was done rui
before the robbery could be accom- ms
pllshed. Close to the wall of the S
building In which the vault Is, a shaft bn
was sunk below the foundation. Then alt
a tunnel was run to the vault and all
holes were bored in the iron floor un- ga
til an aperture sufficiently large to admit
a man was made. It was then DO
easy work to pass the treasure down ?
into the tunnel and load it Into a boat. '
The robbers even took the precaution
to sprinkle red pepper in the tunnel *
In order to make It uncomfortable for Fr
any one who might attempt to pursue be<
them. eni
There were four fine gold bricks In ^
the vault which the robbers looted, of
Each was ten inches long, five Inches hei
wide and four Inches In height. They in
were all stamped with number, weight at
and fineness. , ?
"It Is the boldest robbery in the history
of the State," said Chief of Detectives
Seymour, "and from all the information
that can be obtained at this
time there is absolutely no clue to the
robbers. In fact, we do not know
whether the crime was committed by
one man or five. The probabilities,
however, are that more than 'one man
was concerned In it."
POLICEMAN KILLED IN RAID. * *
Another Clubbed Senseless by Dlvekeepei ijlli
?Woman In Man's Uarb Made Tronble. Via
New Haven, Conn.?Patrolman 'lj
Hugh McKeon was shot and killed #
shortly after midnight by Andrea
Landano, the proprietor of a dive at
12 Prindle street. McKeon and Patrolmen
Turbert and Welch saw Nel- erl
lie Slator, a woman, enter the dive. ca,
She was masquerading in men's ^
clothes. McKeon broke in the door. _e)
tAs he stumbled into the dark hall- J,e(
way shots were fired. One of these .<
entered McKeon's left lung. He died gu
in twenty minutes. lea
Turbert grappled with Landano and j
was clubbed into unconsciousness, fQJ
The third policeman was afraid to
move and the murderer escaped.
Three hours later Landano was cap- j
tured. Qr
Pr
GENERAL STEEL STRIKE ON. At
we
The Union Leader Ordered AU the Trust's j)t
Tollers to Quit. (
Pittsburg, Penn.?President Shaffer, lat
of the Amalgamated Association, is- Pr
sued the long-talked-of general strike Pr
order, to take effect after the last turn Ht
or tne muis on August iu. Tiie strike 1 rr
call Included practically all Amalgamated
men in the United States
Steel Corporation's employ not then 1
on strike. It was Issued from the wa
Amalgamated Association headquar- Hi
ters, and mailed to all amalgamated a 1
lodge officials.
Charges Against a Judge. '
Affidavits submitted in the charges
against Judge Harney, in Montana, ?P'
state that he promised to do as Mrs.
Brackett said, and that the woman's on
reward for obtaining a verdict against
the Amalgamated Copper Company 30(
was to be $100,000.
Hchroeder to Testify. ^
The Yorktown was ordered to go s*6
to Guam and bring its Governor, >>8'
L'ominanuer acnroecier, ro uasuiiigiuu ?i*
to testify before the Schley court of nil
inquiry.
Prominent Peopie. ^
Emperor William is letting his bearu jn
grow.
Aguinaldo is said to be getting \
restive aud sulky under surveillance. *>ri
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge has left
London for a two months' trip on the
Continent. w
General Gomez, said T. Estranda ler
Palma, should be the first President J
of the Cuban Republic. ex
Lord Roberts' title has been gazettea
as "Earl of Candahar and Pretoria 1
and Viscount St. Pierre." pa
John W. Champlln, ex-Chief Justice ^
of the Michigan Supreme Court, died
recently, Bred sevpntr yearg. .
EW TOWN OF LAWTONIi
I
ins Four Thousand Population in
Four Days.
sa Beals, the Lack? Farm Winner
Takes Charge of the Bad Men
of the New Town.
Lawton, Oklahoma.?Tea thousand
;n and women are here struggling
r fortune or a living. Lawton, in
ur days, has gained 4000 inhabits.
Hundreds and hundreds of
sse are disconsolate, almost penniis
men who tried the Government
id lottery and failed to win a prize,
ley are h&re to make a living, if
?y can, at anything they can.
rhousands of others are here with
mes of chance, merchandise and
luors, all eager to win a fortune iD
boom town. All the elements of an
Dorado settlement aTe here. Poictfl
questions are already stirring
?n to jealousy.
fVagons and buggies of every de
riptlon of overland Transportation
ought homesteaders and speculators
to Lawton at the rate of 400 an
ur.
jovernment officials estimated that
ere were six miles of tents surroundl
Lawton. The two thoroughfares
the east and south sides of the
tvn site became congested early In
a afternoon, and it took an hour to
Ive through them.
Sven under these conditions there
ts no disorder. The good nature
lich has characterized the big gathngs
at El Reno and Fort Sill prelis
in Lawton. Men walking in the
eets and hemmed in by prairie
aooners joked each other about
ing run over in^ a great city. Fa's
sold soap when there was scarceenough
water to drink, and an unrtaker
who tried to bring coffins
rough the congested streets was
:red until he manifested a disposl
n to supply corpses for hte wares.
The new Postmaster, Edgar White,
Arkansas City, Ivan., had a hearty
:eption. He brought with him eight
ge tents and will begin business
th the new town.
Democrats held a mass meeting In
J Court House square. During the
y the report was circulated that only
sidents of Oklahoma would be pertted
to vote at the municipal elecn.
The politicians have looked up the
v and found that six months' resloce
in Oklahoma and one month in
ward are required la order to vote.
Prospective homesteaders are havf
their share of trouble. They cant
locate their claims, because there
no way of finding out where those
10 come before them will select,
ss Mattle Helen Beals, the Wichtelephone
girl who drew second
olee of farms in the new Kiowa
d Comanche country, has become
fcy Marshal of the new town of
wton to take the place of Bat
rr, the present officer. Mr. Cants
relieved of his gun because he
inted to start too many fights and
a the new town in a wide-open
inner.
}he hopes to tame the outlaws and
d men without having to shoot any,
hough she will go well armed at
times. She will suppress all
mbling houses, if possible.
iWAGER EMPRESS FREDERICK DEAD
ther of the German Emperor Succumbs
to Cancer.
Jronberg.?The Dowager Empress
ederick died-at 6.15 p. m. She had
en at death's door for days and the
3 was momentarily expected.
The Dowager Empress, eldest child
Victoria, who died of cancer, had
en called the most unhappy woman
all Europe. She was heart-broken
the death of her husband, Fred
DOWAOER EMPRESS F&XDEBICK.
ck the Noble, himself a victim of
acer, and her last days were full of
temess. She was unloved by the
:>pl&, as she herself knew, for she
;ently said:
I mean .to live as long as I can.
it when I die no one will be sorry,
tst of all myself."
3er health had been rapidly falling
: some time and she was too ill to
to her dying mother's bedside. She
is nearly sixty-one years old.
Smperor William, the Empress,
own Prince Frederick William,
ince Eitel Frederick and Prince
igust William arrived early and
re at the bedside of the Empress
wager Frederick. ,
)ther royal personages who arrived
er are King Edward and his Queen,
ince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe,
ince and Princess Friedrich Carl of
;sse and the Grown Prince and
incess of Greece.
Boer Commandant Killed.
?he Boer Commandant Froneman
is killed in a fight in the Orange
per Colony; tne joruiau upiuicu (
Boer convoy of seventy wagons.
Steel Trust Stocks Fall.
ton-union mills at Hyde Park,
nn., and Wellsville, Ohio, were
ened by the Steel Trust without
lorder. Steel Trust stocks shrank
the same day $35,750,000, despite
? vigorous support of the $200,000,)
pool recently organized.
Agulnaldo's Succcssor Confident.
L proclamation to the Filipinos
;ned by Malvar, Aguiualdo's recuized
successor, promises to keep
the war and expresses hope of ultiite
victory.
Sporting Brevities.
)ver $00,000 has already been paid
purses for cycle races this season.
^sbury Park Is to have ohe of the
and circuit championship bicycle
;ets.
iV. A. Larned defeated Bcals r.
right at tennis for Longwood Cballge
Cups.
tf. D. Whitman and Davis and Ward
pect to comprte in tennis contests
road next season.
larry Elks is leading all the motorced
riders just now, and none of
em seem to be able to take bla ,
?asure.
STATUS OF STEEL STRIKE ?
fte
Conference Between Morgan and Shaffer
Ends in a Disagreement.
Co
IT. IS A FIGHT TO A FINISH
>
Absolute Power to Call Ont All the Union
Employes of the Billion-Dollar Steel 'n
Trait Placed In Amalgamated President's
Hands?All Negotiations Broken ^
Off and Both Sides Defiant.
H
New York City.?Negotiations for gu
the settlement of the steel strike re
came to an end in this city when
leaders of the strike refused to ac- or
cept the terms offered by J. Pierpont tyi
Morgan. President Shaffer and ,&e
fourteen other members of the Execu* ^
tive Board of the Amalgamated A's- n.
sociation met Mr. Morgan and other pa
represemuuveB ul iuc uuueu amies "
Steel Corporation In the office of C.
M. Schwab, at No. 71 Broadway, i
about noon. The conference ended be
ibruptly in an nour. aj
The Executive Board, after failing Pe
to get any concessions at the meet- ^
.ng, announced through SecretaryW'l- ta
Hams that the strike would be con- to
tinued and that orders would be given <31
to the union men employed by tne Na- jr
tional Steel Company, the Federal 0?
Steel Company and the National Tube gc
Company to go on strike. On the g(
other hand, the mill owners will seek jn
to open their mills' as opportunity ]gj
offers and to keep them open with- tu
out the assistance of the union.
Not a man on either side doubts at
that the conflict will be long and m
bitterly fought, and all because neither jj.
side would recede cne iota from the co
position it bad assumed.
It was Mr. Morgan who laid the
ultimatum before the association's f0
men. It was he who told them that y<
they must accept his proposition, or <
else fight to the end. Not only did the f0
men reject these propositions, but tj(
they submitted a counter ultimatum, <j
the terms of which are so sweeping ^
that they must have known from the w
i. 4V?s*?r TtTAnM hfl f] O.
uuitttri iuai tucj UCTCI TTuuiu hsw ?w
cepted by the other side.
Id Pittsburg and throughout the
great steel making region of the Mid- J?
die West the failure of the conference
was not unexpected. One steel (
man waited in Pittsburg at the tele- lu
phone until he got news of the break- en
ing of the armistice, with the addi- Bi
tional information that the United kl
States Steel Corporation would de- lei
vote its time and money to driving gv
the Amalgamated Association out of T1
all its mills. "Good!" he ejaculated, or
That was all. He started ouf with re
a smiling face to prepare for the fray A<
This feeling was general among all ur
the steel managers in Pittsburg. They F<
welcomed the conflict. The workmen Li
were equally ready. Meetings were ab
held In all - the strike centres, and of
there were rallies at two score other se
places in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West ]
Virginia and Illinois. Ct
According to a Vice-President of the th
Amalgamated Association who attend- po
ed the New York conference, Presi- to
dent Schwab alone prevented a set- b<
tlement of the differences. Seven ju
mills divide the union and the Trust, de
According to the President of the Bi
Executive Committee, in whose hands A<
the whole matter has been placed, hi
every man within the influence of tes
the organlaztion will have to quit his
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place ana every ujiujj iuai <.uu Uvuk ov,
will be dona to prevent the Trust Bi
from running its mills. '
In the meeting that followed the
rejection of the Association's propo- ne
sition by J. Plerpont Morgan, Presi* ta
dent Shaffer was made dictator; his re:
is the power and his the responsi- th
bllity to make the war, and he has a
declared himself. Ar
Shaffer reiterated confidentally his di<
oft-made prediction that the Steel hi]
Trust could not secure non-union men
in sufficient numbers to operate any RE
of Its mills in which a strike is de- _
clared. When the possible importation
of negroes from the South was
suggested he said the negro steel
workers down there were well or- re
ganized. c?
President Shaffer, in an interview, an
said: "The time has come when we in
must decide whether unionism is to to
stand or fall. Peace negotiations with to
Mr. John Plerpont Morgan are off for th
good. We have no further engage- be
ment to meet with the United States th<
Steel Corporation. We will not try to to
secure another peace conference. We no
are through with the negotiations and wl
any future attempt to secure a set- S
tlement of the strike will have to inj
come from the Steel Trust. We are thi
satisfied with the progress of the fu;
strike up to date. We have not lost up
a bit of ground, ana mere nave Deeu
many gains which do not show on
the surface." 5
In its inception the struggle between W
the Billion Dollar Steel Trust and the mi
Amalgamated Association exactly sei
parallels the preliminaries for national m<
war. Diplomatic relations have been pr:
broken off and obvious preparations thi
for the economic struggle are under ch
way. thi
co
? Cresceus Trots In 2.02 1-4. 18
Cresceus's wonderful mile at Cleveland
2.02%, made one week ago, was 1
excelled by himself at Columbus, wi
Ohio, by -i naif second in the most in
phenomenal exhibition of speed, cour- wi
age and gameuess the world ever wit- sb
nessed. The bare flgtires of the mile mf
and its several parts, 0.29%, 0.59)4. mi
1.30%, 2.021/!. tell the marvellous tale in
more emphatically, concisely and iw- be
pressively than words can tell it. of
an
Stung Dead by Mosquitoes.
William Ma her. aged seventy, has
been stung to death by mosquitoes in r
a swamp near his home at Nanticoke, bo
Md. Maher went to the village for a
tobacco. On his return he lost his pa
way. Swarms of mosquitoes settled pa
upon him. He was found dead by a k?
searching party. His face was swol- a~
len beyond recognition.
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T-nrrl Roberta Ati Miinn.non.
A grant of $500,000 to Lord Roberts
was voted after an acrimonious debate (
in the British House of Comnvns. p0
Ended "Misspent LlTe" at Sixteen. a<*
Louis Sclieurmann, of Omaha, Neb.,
having just passed his sixteenth birthday,
left a note that he had come to
the end of a misspent life and swal- ^e
lowed strychnine. He died within an 'rhour.
Sclieurmann had been employed or*
as a bell boy in Lincoln, but had late- t'r<
ly held no position. ]
Porto Rico Halts Investors. ^
It is reported that the executive r
council of Porto Rico has discouraged
American investments in the island by pg
imposing such heavy royalties on
franchises that the Investors have J
dropped negotiations.
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3HLEY COURT COMPLETE
iar-Admiral Howison Appointed to
Suooeed Kimberiy, Relieved.
mmander Schroeder and Lleatmni
Wells, Schley's Secretary on tli?
Brooklyn, Among the Witnesses.
Washington. D. C.?The court of
quiry to investigate the conduct of
?ar-Admlral Schley In the war vfitb
>aln was completed by the appointent
of Rear-Admiral Henry L.
owison, as the third member, to
cceed Admiral Klmberly, who was
lleved.
Rear-Admiral Howlson's name was
le of the several submitted to th<
ivy Department by Captain Par
t, associate counsel for Rear
Jmlral Schley. Rear-Admiral How
on Is now at Saratoga Springs.
. Y? and has notified the Navy Detriment
that he will be able to serve.
e also avers that he has notjjt any
Be expressed himself In regard tc
p controversy.
The Navy Department has already
igun the summoning of witnesses tc
>pear before the court. A list of
irsons whom Rear-Admiral Schley
tslred to have examined was received
om him several days ago. It conlned
the names of Commander Sean
Schroeder, now Governor of
uam. and Lieutenant B. W. Wells.
. Lieutenant Wells was a staff
Beer on the Brooklyn during the
intlaco campaign ana acted aa
;hley's private secretary. He is now
Europe on leave and orders will be
sued in a few days directing his re*
rn.
An order has already been prepared
the Department directing Comander
Schroeder to return to the
nited States to appear before the
urt. The order was cabled to RearJmlral
Rodgers, commanding the
siatic Squadron, with instructions to
rward at once to Guam by the
jrktown.
The Department Is preparing orders
r other witnesses on foreign sta>ns
directing them to return without
slay, so as to be on hand on Septem,t
12, when the court will begin its
ork.
DOUBLE TRAGEDY ON STACE.
loos Lead In* Man Kills the Star Actress
and Himself.
Omaha, Neb.?The rehearsal- of a
rid melodrama in a theatre here
ided in a double tragedy. Thad
rookie, the stage hero, shot and
lied Mrs. Millie Llghthawk, the
idlng woman, and then turned the
in upon himself, with fatal effect
ae shooting grew out of the jealisy
of Brookle, who objected to the
al kisses used In rehearsal by Bert
jams, the second man. The drama
ider rehearsal was the "Arizona
?male Bandit" written by Mrs.
ghthawk, who has had considerle
stage experience under the name
. Millie Allen. Mrs. Llghthawk her
if took the title role.
[n his role of "William Desmond,
lief of Detectives," Brookle carried
e action of the play from the supsed
crime of the innocent victim
the final exposure of the villain.
?rt Adams, as the virtuous but misdged
suitor of the heroine, was evl*ntly
sincere in the character, and
ookle took affront. He envied
lams the opportunities offered by
s lines, and finally entered a pro3t.
When Adams finally rushed Into hie
reetheart's embrace in the final act
IAAHA nrnlo ImoH
WUQiC CAVIUIIJUIVUI
'Oh, cut that out; that don't go!"
kdaras insisted that all the buslss
should stay In, and he was susIned
by the heroine. When Brookle
monstrated further the other actors
rew him out. Brookle returned In
few minutes with a revolver and
ed at Mrs. Llghthawk. The woman
ed and Brookle then shot and killed
mself.
:fusal to let chinamen wo*
ply of Treasury Department to Beqnest
of Ship-Oirners.
Washington, D. C.?Assistant Sec*
tary of the Treasury Taylor reived
telegrams from ship-owners
,d masters of vessels lately arrived
San Francisco saying that, owing
the strike there, they are unable
unload their vessels, and asking
at Chinamen employed on the ships
permitted to unload the vessels,
s masters and owners guaranteeing
the Government that they would
t be permitted to go beyond the
larves and to prevent their escape.
Secretary Taylor has replied# hold
Ka o viAlntlnn nf
3 Liiai LUIS VTUUIU UC W T?V?U??WM vr?
e Chinese Exclusion Act, nud resing
to allow the Chinamen to go
on the docks.
Sentenced In a Chnrch.
Samuel Shlnn, the New Jersey
hitecap recently convicted of the
jrder of Thomas F. Applegate, was
atenced at Trenton by Justice Gum;re
to eighteen years in the State
Ison. Sentencfe was pronounced in
e Central Methodist Church, the
apel of which has been leased by
2 county authorities for use as a
art room while the new court house
being built.
Fash Dies In Electric Chair.
Benjamin Pugh, the negro murderer,
is put to death in the electric chair
Sing Sing prison. The current
is turned on at 6.03 a. iu. Three
ocks were administered before the
in was pronounced dead. , Benja*
n Pugh killed John Tiegen, a waiter
a Brooklyn restaurant, a year ago
cause of a quarrel over the price
a meal that Pugh had eaten. The
lount involved was ten cents
Fonr Drowned From Rowboat.
Che waves from a passing steamat
near Central City, W. Va., upset
small boat containing a pleasure
rrv and drowned four people?Mrs.
nny Hemming, aged forty-five;
ithleen Hemming, her daughter,
ed fourteen, and Imogene and Tlieore
Apperson, grandchildren, aged
: and seven years.
England Refuses to Sign.
5reat Britain's representative at
kin lias refused to sign the protocol
reed upon by the Powers.
Neiriy Ulotiniugi
The telegraph line to Dawson has
en completed.
The Chief of Police in Berlin has
iered storage batteries removed
)m the street cars.
?rofessor Breuardel declares that
berculosis may be eradicated within
e next twenty-five years.
die new State census of Maryland
ikes the population 004,650, but the
tderal census of 1900 gave 081,092.
remarkable increase in the growth
United States exports to Japan was
own by a Japanese statistical rert
REVENMTHEIfEEK J
WASHINGTON ITEMS.
Within a few weeks the War Department
expects to send 400 more
teachers to the Philippine Islands.
About this number will be needed to
complete the 1000 teachers originally
determined upon.
Acting Assistant Surgeon Hodgson, ' "
of the Marine Hospital Service, has
announced the discovery of a cure for
yellow fever.
The Postofflce Department has established
a station at Guam.
Government receipts for July were
$52,320,340; expenditures, $52,307,590.
It Is evidently the intention of Secretary
Root to appeal to Congress for
a restoration of the army canteen.'
The Navy Department denied Admiral
Schley's request for the omission
of the disobedience clause rrom tne
precept to the court of inquiry. * '
Rear-Admiral Klmberly has been re- M
leased from the assignment to act as fl
a member of the Schley court of inquiry.
His plea of ill-health has been H
accepted by the Navy Department. H
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. M
Andrew Carnegie is to give San
r T? L. Ti I.a ~ llkunm. /tltv
J Uttll, runu mcu, a iiuiaij. xuc v>v
appropriates $6000 a year to support It.
General Maximo Gomez has written
a letter denying that he or Senor Pal- B
ma are annexationists. In the Cuban
Constitutional Convention Senor Gi- j|
berga, a delegate, attacked the mem- . I
ory of Marti, who began the last Cu- I
ban revolution. J
Cocoanut planting presents a most
attractive field for investment in the
Philippines. Cocoanut trees grow V
well in many parts of the archipelago H
and commence to bear after the fifth H
fear. B
Adjutant-General Corbin, who has
return to Manila after an eleven-day H
tour of the Islands, Including a visit, H
to the Sultan of Jolo, with whom he fl
exchanged presents, sayp Taft and
Chaffee are accomplishing the varl- :
ous changes in the Islands most ably.
Captain J. L. Burchfleld, a captain 1
in the Thirty-first Volunteers, Is to re- I
main in the Philippines, having parchased
a farm in Mindanao.
The Manila charter was passed by. jfl
the JfMlippine uommission. .as a result
of the public discussion many
amendments were made to the original
draft
DOMESTIC. ,
Efforts are being made to Introduce
the Indian mango fruit Into Florida.
American shipyards on both coasts
and the great lakes declared to have
orders ahead for a year or more.
It became known that Arbuckles
bad broken with the Brazil steamship
pool, and had chartered four steamers
to carry their coffee from Brazilian
ports.
One hundred automobiles are expected
to start in au endurance run from
New York to Buffalo.
The biggest tenement house in the
world, which will follow all the provisions
of the new law and have accommodations
for 186 families, will be
built in New York City.
One of the Apostle Islands in Lake
Superior disappeared during the late
storm, sinking below the surface of
the water. . \
Charles R. Skinner, State Superintendent
of Public Instruction, New
York, has condemned Miles M.
O'Brien's idea of employing Sisters
of Charity as public school teachers, n
The chief of police, James Jones, of
Shelby, was shot and instantly killed
by "Jim" Lowery, a negro employed
at the South Carolina and Georgia,
station.
Senator Tillman, at a Wisconsin
-i-?-ma 1trnnhir?<? fni?
V^uauiituquu, au?utaicu *v*, . _
assault and was loudly applauded. I
. Miss Ethel Phillips, of Baltimore; I
Miss Jennie White, of Whitesburg, J
and G. Geyer Radcliffe, of Sails- fl
bury, were drowned off Gordon's fl
Landing, in Slnepulent Bay, Mary- fl
land, while bathing. t JD
J. M. Logan, national bank examiner,
closed the First National Bank
of Austin, Texas. Alleged excessive H
loans are said to have caused this B
actioL The State of Texas is said fl
to have $75,000 on deposit, and total - fl
deposits are said to be $200,000. fl
The special dividend received by the fl
stockholders of the First National fl
Bank, New York City, amounted tc H
1900 per cent.
Maryland Democrats, under the fl
guidance of ex-Senator Gorman, adopt- H
ed a platform making white suprem- 9
t.cy the paramount Issue of their State
campaign. fl
FOREIGN. 'fl
The House of Lords rendered a judg- M
ment adversely affecting trades unions fl
in Great Britain. fl
A test of American and British loco- fl
motives in Jamaica showed the superiority
of the United States machines.
Berlin manufacturers of cloaks and
mantles are rejoicing over their largely
Increased sales to American merchants.
President Romana's message at the
opening of the Peruvian Congress
urged reform in electoral laws and
showed an excellent financial condition
of the national treasury.
Chile's foreign trade In 1900 reported
at over $108,000,000, a gain of $9,
000,000 above the previous year.
The owners of Belgian glassworks
are considering a renewed offer of purchase
from an American syndicate
whose terms are understood to be favorable.
Dispatches from various parts ol
Germany shew that the financial and
industrial crisis is spreading.
The American Legation in Pekin
was pronounced defenseless by the
commander of the guard.
M. Santos-Dumont made another
effort to win the Deutsch prize for a
dirigible balloon in Paris, but an accident
again prevented the success of
the experiment.
American ana European residents bm
assert that the demeanor of the Pe- H
kin populace is constantly becom- M
lug more unfriendly, and that, as the H
allied troops depart, the Chinese re- S
sume their old habits of jostling and M
cursing foreigners in the streets. 9
The Swedish Government is consid U
ering plans for the installation of elec- H
tricity through the whole railway H
system of Sweden. M
Empez-or William has ordered that
all the G000 German privates who were B
In Pekin during the siege are to be H
promoted to the rank of non-commis- Bfl
sioned officers. S
The Boer war cost Great Britain B
$178,730,01)0 for the 122 days from H
April 1 to July 31; more than $1,400,- JH
000 a day.
Further trouble has been stirred up HB
by outrages on Christians in Albania; H|
it was reported that Austria was seekin?
to intervene 9